Redmap (South Australia) - Sightings of Invertebrate Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.

Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.

The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken. Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.

This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy. It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old). If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

Redmap 主要依托网站平台，面向公众征集社区成员对当地或沿岸特定区域内罕见海洋物种的发现、记录与标记工作。所收集的信息会在平台上进行可视化绘图展示，随时间推移逐步展现物种分布的变化情况。

目击记录分为两类：一类为附带照片、可经海洋生物学家核验的记录，另一类为无照片的“社区目击记录（传闻类）”。所有收集到的记录，无论是否附带照片，均会被纳入空间绘图系统，并将在未来数年中用于梳理海洋环境的变化脉络。

核心采集的数据包括目击物种（通常从预设的目标物种名录中选取）、目击地点、目击日期/时间以及当时开展的活动。其他可选采集的信息则涵盖性别、体型、体重等生物学数据，以及水深、水温、栖息环境等环境数据。

本记录关联实时数据（后续将随时间动态更新），且空间要素精度有所受限。该数据集同时设有三年禁公开期，即不包含三年内的观测数据。若您希望获取具备时效性和/或精确空间要素的可引用静态数据集，请咨询指定联络人。